Michael Gross
Gross is best known for his portrayal of father Steven Keaton on the award-winning television show
Family Ties. He has had recurring roles on
The Drew Carey Show and
ER. Gross also made appearances on the original
Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Outer Limits, Ally McBeal, CSI: New York, How I Met Your Mother, Boston Legal and
Medium.
Gross has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies including
The FBI Murders, Right to Die with Raquel Welch,
F.D.R., The Last Year with Eileen Heckert and Jason Robards,
Manhunt in the Dakotas with Rod Steiger, and
Little Gloria…Happy at Last with Angela Lansbury and Bette Davis. Most recently he appeared in the HBO special
Mrs. Harris alongside Annette Benning and Ben Kingsley.
Some of Gross' big screen debuts include the feature film
Tremors and it's many sequels. He received the Video Premiere Award for Best Actor in Tremors III. Gross appeared in
Just Tell Me What You Want, played opposite Lily Tomlin in
Big Business, and worked with Lucas Haas in the award-winning
Alan and Naomi. Some of his direct-to-video releases, include
Sometimes They Come Back Again with Hillary Swank,
Ground Control with Keifer Sutherland, and
True Heart with Kirsten Dunst. Gross also had roles in the independent features,
An American in China and
Broken Windows.
Born and raised in the Midwest, Gross spent most of his time in Chicago and rural Iowa. He graduated with a B.A. in Speech and Theatre from the University of Illinois and earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the School of Drama at Yale University.
In 1973 Gross began his regional theatre work at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He also worked with The Guthrie Theater, The Yale Repertory Theater, Baltimore's Center Stage, the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum where he won a Drama Logue Award for the west-coast premiere of
The Real Thing.
Gross received a Drama Desk nomination for the Broadway premiere of
Bent and an Obie Award for his work in the off-Broadway production of
No End to Blame.
Recently Gross appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the world premiere of
Buffalo Gal, and in
Ancestral Voices. He worked with Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall in a production of
Romeo and Juliet and appeared in the Broadway production of
Macbeth. Gross took part in the Midwest premier of
Art at Chicago's Royal George Theatre, the U.S. premiere of
Money and Friends at Los Angeles' Doolittle Theatre, and
Love Letters in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 1984, Gross married casting director Elza Bergeron. They have two children, Theodore and Katharine as well as two grandchildren, Nicholas and Allison. Gross and his wife divide their time between homes in Southern California, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
In his spare time Gross enjoys reading, writing, yoga and collecting Santa Fe dining car china, silver and other memorabilia. He and his wife are also part owners of the Santa Fe Southern Railway and enjoy riding trains together. Gross also is extremely active in such charitable organizations as World Vision, animal welfare, anti-drug programs, responsible gun ownership and AIDS research. He received the American Hero Award for his charitable activities and is largely active in Futures For Children, a sponsorship and self-help program working with Southwestern Native American Tribes. Gross and his wife are also Foundation Board members of the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Young and the Restless
Lowell "River" Baldwin
August 15, 2008 to
February 3, 2009
100 Million BC
Dr. Frank Reno
2008
Medium
Peter Barrister
2008
Boston Legal
Father Nicholas McClinton
2007
How I Met Your Mother
Alfred Mosby
2006
CSI: NY
Tom Endecott
2005
Mrs. Harris
Leslie Jacobson
2005
The Drew Carey Show
Don Newmark
2004
ER
John "Jack" Carter Jr.
2001-2004
Tremors
Burt Gummer
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Arthur Esterman
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Dr. Charles Webb
2002
Family Law
Anthony
2000
Spin City
Dr. Petersen
2000
Law & Order
Carl Braddock
2000
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Warren McGinnis
1999
Norm
Councilman Krantz
1999
Ally McBeal
Mr. Volpe
1999
Batman Beyond
Warren McGinnis
1999
The Hunger
Professor Frank Ingram
1997
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
Lt. Peter Byrnes
1997
Promised Land
Greg Smith
1996
The Outer Limits
Stanley
1996
The Making of a Hollywood Madam
Paul Fleiss
1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Lt. Peter Byrnes
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Ben Horn
1996
Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie
Dr. Gordon Powell
1995
Awake to Murder
Ben McAdams
1995
Avalanche
Brian Kemp
1994
Dream On
Father Sherman McKigney
1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Tom Williams
1994
Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story
Kevin Mulligan
1994
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Lloyd Ventris
1993
Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland
1993
With a Vengeance
Frank Tanner
1992
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1990
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
King Arthur
1989
Day by Day
Steven Keaton
1988
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders
William Russell Matix
1988
Right to Die
Bob Bauer
1987
Night Court
Arthur Thursby
1987
A Letter to Three Wives
George Phipps
1985
Family Ties Vacation
Steven Keaton
1985
Finder of Lost Loves
Tom Lindsay
1985
Summer Fantasy
Ben Brannigan
1984
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
James Troth
1983
Family Ties
Steven Keaton
1982-1989
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Gilchrist
1982
The Neighborhood
Jack Wolfe
1982
Dream House
Julius "J.J." Jacobson
1981
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Dr. Howard Bruenn
1980
A Girl Named Sooner
Jim Seevey
1975
Broken Windows
Teddy
2008
An American in China
Manny Braddock
2008
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Hiram Gummer
2004
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Burt Gummer
2001
Ground Control
Murray
1998
True Heart
Dick
1997
Sometimes They Come Back 2
Jon Porter
1996
Tremors II: Aftershocks
Burt Gummer
1996
Kounterfeit
Captain Evans
1996
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
Howard
1994
Alan & Naomi
Sol Silverman
1992
Cool as Ice
Gordon Winslow
1991
Tremors
Burt Gummer
1990
Big Business
Dr. Jay Marshall
1988
Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz
1987
Just Tell Me What You Want
Lothar
1980
Drama Desk Award Winner, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (1979; for Bent)
DVD Exclusive Awards Winner, Video Premiere Award for Best Actor for Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
DATE OF BIRTH: June 21, 1947
